Game-table.



No. 648,560. Patented ma I, 1900.

H; L. HAs KELL.

GAME TABLE.

(Application filed Dec. 9, 1898.)

(No Model.)

/ gum $41M,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. HASKELL, OF LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE LUDINGTONNOVELTY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

GAM E-TAB LE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.-648,560, dated May 1,1900. Application filed December 9, 1898, Serial No. 698,748. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it Hwy concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY L. HA'sKELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lud ington, in the county of Mason and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Tables; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in tables. Its object is to providea table especially adapted to be used with my gameboards for playingcaroms or other disk I I 5 games, which are the subjects of my PatentsNos. 602,179 and 602,180, dated April 12, 1898, and design Patent No.27,788, dated October 27, 1897; and it consists of legs or standards,bearings, and revoluble arms relatively adjustable to permit thegame-board to be revolved and the table to be folded when not in use.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the table open. Fig.2 is a similar 2 5 view of the table closed, and Fig. 3 is a detailillustrating a modified mode of securing the arms to the bearing-blocks.

1 and 2 represent separate sets of legs or standards; 3 and 4,bearing-blocks, to which the sets of legs 1 and 2 are respectivelysecured in any approved manner; 5 and 6, the revoluble arms to carry thegame-board or other article, and 7 the bolt whichsecures together theseveral parts named and at the same time serves as an axis for the arms.

8 is a coiled spring between the bolt-head and the adjacent or bottombearing-block, a modification being shown in Fig. 3 in the form of athumb-screw 9.

4o 10 is a notch in the lowerarm 5, into which the upper arm 6 may playwhen the arms are placed at relative right angles and which serves tomaintain the arms in a fixed relation during use.

11 represents rubber tips to prevent injury to the board and to keep itfrom slipping.

When the table is not in use, it may be folded, as shown in Fig. 2. Tothis end I may make the under bearing-block 3 of a size which willpermit it and the legs 1 to turn entirely within the frame made by thelegs 2 and the bearing-block 3, though in practice I find itadvantageous in maintaining the relations of the legs in use andsufficient-ly compact when folded to form the bearingblock 3, so that itwill bring the legs 1 up against the legs 2, as shown in Fig. 2. Whenthe table is to be used, I may unfold it by drawing out the legs 2, or Imay by reason of the attachment of the bolt 7 to the upper arm 6 unfoldby turning that arm. The coiled spring permits the turning and the quickengagement of the arms without any adjustment, though, if desired, thepositive adjust ment (shown in Fig. 3) or a similar form may be used.The lower arm 5 should in practice be somewhat bowed, as shown,to bringits tips into line with those of the upper arm 6.

I may place rollers or rubber tips on the bottom of the legs, aspreference may suggest.

It will be observed that the legs and arms are relatively revoluble andthat when in position the pairs of legs and the bearingblocks, as wellas the arms, are respectively at right angles to each other, and thateach arm lies in the same plane as one bearingblock and one pair oflegs. The table therefore, while light and easily and compactly folded,is strong and may be so placed as to not interfere with the freedom andcomfort So of the p1ayerspoint-s which are peculiarly advantageous inusing my game-boards, which require to be frequently shifted, so that aplayer may play two sides at once or may more readily position a diskfor a shot. 8 5

Having fully described my invention, what I desireto claim is- 1. Afolding game-table having in combination relatively-revoluble arms andrelatively-revoluble legs.

2. A game-table having in combination, revoluble standards, armsrevoluble with rela- 'tion to the standards and to each other, and

means for locking the arms together.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. HASKELL. Witnesses:

GEO. N. STRAY, WALTER H. STRAY.

